#9B501E#9B501E

#9B501E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.117 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B501E
RGB	rgb(155, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 27.62, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 49.93, 56.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.0747 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.117 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6221, 12.8016, 2.8237)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B501E #1E699B

analogous

#9B1E2B #9B501E #9B8F1E

triadic

#9B501E #1E9B50 #501E9B

tetradic

#9B501E #2B9B1E #1E699B #8F1E9B

square

#9B501E #2B9B1E #1E699B #8F1E9B

split-complementary

#9B501E #1E9B8F #1E2B9B

monochromatic

#341B0A #683614 #9B501E #CE6A28 #DE8C55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9B501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9B501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B501E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B501E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.117 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf825e',
    500: '#9b501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b501e;
$custom-light: #bf825e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51426,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B501E

secondary

#5395C2

accent

#A5EA3D

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B501E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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